New Orleans Football Officials Association 2012: Official Game Timing Guide

1. RULE 3PERIODS, TIME, SUBSTITUTIONS GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOOTBALL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION 2012 SEASON

2. LENGTH OF PARTS OF THE GAME • PRE-GAME – 30 minutes before kickoff • QUARTERS – Four 12-minute periods (Can Shorten) • BETWEEN QUARTERS – One minute • HALFTIME –10 to 20 minutes (Can Reduce to 10) • MANDATORY WARMUP – 3 minutes (Cannot Reduce) • OVERTIME INTERMISSION – 3 minutes • OVERTIME PERIOD BREAKS – 2 minutes • TIME-OUTS – 1 minute (3 per team per half) (1 in OT)

3. COIN TOSS • 3 MINUTES BEFORE KICKOFF AT MID-FIELD • 4 CAPTAINS OF EACH TEAM ALLOWED • VISITORS CALL TOSS • WINNER’S OPTIONS • Receive or Kick • Choice of Goal to Defend • Defer Options to 2nd Half • LOSER OF TOSS HAS OPTIONS FOR HALF WINNER IS NOT CHOOSING

4. COIN TOSS

5. STARTING • STARTING A HALF • KICKOFF – Normally at Team K’s 40 yard line • STARTING THE 2ND AND 4TH QUARTERS • Determined by last play of 1st and 3rd Quarters • Play continues except teams change goals. • STARTING OVERTIME • COIN TOSS – Choice of Offense, Defense, Goal • SNAP – Normally at Team B’s 10 yard line

6. STARTING THE CLOCK • FREE KICK • Starts when the kick is touched in the field of play by any player, BUT NOT “first touching of the kick” by Team K. • It may never start in some situations. • IF PERIOD BEGINS WITH A SCRIMMAGE PLAY • Starts on the SNAP. • OTHER SCRIMMAGE PLAYS • Depends on what happened

7. THINGS THAT STOP THE CLOCK • Incomplete Forward Pass • Ball / Runner is out of bounds • Score (or Apparent Score) • Touchback • Fair Catch is Made • End of Period • Charged Time-Out • Official’s Time-Out • Down Ends After a Foul • Inadvertent Whistle

8. OFFICIALS’ TIME-OUT • Measurement • First Down • Change of Team Possession • Administer Penalty • Injury • Heat and Humidity • Equipment Repair • Ball Change • Unusual Delay in Making Ball Ready • Media Time-Out • Break Between Periods • Following Try, Field Goal, or Safety • Rules Conference • Helmet Comes Off Player During Down

9. WHEN DOES THE CLOCK START? DEPENDS ON WHY THE CLOCK WAS STOPPED • NON-CHANGE OF POSSESSION DOWNS • Did the play stop the clock, or did we have to stop the clock to do something? • If play stopped the clock – START ON SNAP. • If we stopped the clock – START ON READY. • CHANGE OF POSSESSION DOWNS • 1st down for either team after legal kick – SNAP • 1st down for Team B – SNAP • Anything else – Why did the stop clock?

10. WHEN DOES THE CLOCK START?

11. WHEN DOES THE CLOCK START?

12. WHEN DOES THE CLOCK START?

13. WHEN DOES THE CLOCK START?

14. WHEN DOES THE CLOCK START?

15. WHEN DOES THE CLOCK START?

16. SPECIAL THINGS • AFTER DELAY OF GAME, START ON SNAP • CLOCK NEVER RUNS DURING A TRY • TRY MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE CHANGING GOALS AT END OF PERIOD • CLOCK STARTS ON SNAP AFTER ANY TEAM CHARGED TIME-OUT • IF COACH “LOSES” RULE CONFERENCE AND HAS NO TIME-OUTS, DELAY OF GAME FOUL • RULE 3-4-6 • Referee can start / stop the clock when team is trying to illegally conserve / consume time

17. DELAY OF GAME • 25 SECS TO SNAP / KICK AFTER READY FOR PLAY • NOT WEARING EQUIPMENT WHEN BALL IS ABOUT TO COME ALIVE (Straps / Mouthpiece) • UNNECESSARY CARRYING BALL / UNPILING AFTER PLAY IS OVER CONSUMING TIME • LOSING RULE CONFERENCE & NO TIME-OUTS • SNAPPING / KICKING BEFORE READY FOR PLAY • OTHER CONDUCT UNDULY PROLONGING GAME 5-YARD PENALTY AT SUCCEEDING SPOT

18. ENDING • PERIOD • Clock expires, unless period is extended • GAME • No tie games in LHSAA • All Try / PAT downs must be played even if it doesn’t matter • OVERTIME • As many periods as needed to break tie. • MAKE SURE NO ERRORS OR CONFERENCES

19. EXTENDING A PERIOD • GENERAL RULE – END THE PERIOD CLEAN • Accepted Penalties for Live Ball Fouls Treated as Live Ball Fouls Will Extend the Period • Non-player fouls and UNS fouls won’t extend • Coach stepping on to field • Player taunting someone • Dead ball fouls don’t extend because they don’t occur during a timed down • False Start, Encroachment, Late Hits

20. EXTENDING A PERIOD • EXCEPTIONS – LIVE BALL FOULS THAT DON’T EXTEND PERIOD • FOULS THAT USUALLY HAVE A LOSS OF DOWN • Illegal Forward Pass, Intentional Grounding, Illegal Handing, Offensive Pass Interference • Scores are cancelled and down is not replayed • FOULS RESULTING IN SAFETY BY RULE • Team A fouls and enforcement is from its own End Zone • FOULS THAT ARE ENFORCED ON SUBSEQUENT KICKOFF AFTER TOUCHDOWNS

21. EXTENDING A PERIOD

22. SUBSTITUTIONS • SUBS CAN ENTER BETWEEN DOWNS • REPLACED PLAYERS MUST BEGIN LEAVING WITHIN THREE SECONDS • REPLACED PLAYERS MUST LEAVE THE FIELD ON THEIR SIDELINE • SUB CAN’T LEAVE, AND REPLACED PLAYER CAN’T RETURN UNLESS FOUL OR TIME-OUT ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION DEAD BALL FOUL 5 YARDS – SUCCEEDING SPOT

23. SUBSTITUTIONS

24. SUBSTITUTIONS • PLAYER WHO DOESN’T MAKE IT OFF THE FIELD BEFORE THE SNAP BUT DOESN’T PARTICIPATE IN PLAY ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION - LIVE BALL FOUL 5 YARD PENALTY – PREVIOUS SPOT • ENTERING SUB DOESN’T MAKE IT TO HIS SIDE OF THE NEUTRAL ZONE BY SNAP OR KICK ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION - LIVE BALL FOUL 5 YARD PENALTY – PREVIOUS SPOT BUT BE READY TO SHUT DOWN IF IT’S A PROBLEM

25. SUBSTITUTIONS • DURING A DOWN, REPLACED PLAYER OR SUBSTITUTE GOES ON FIELD BUT DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN PLAY ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION – NON-PLAYER FOUL 5 YARD PENALTY – SUCCEEDING SPOT

26. RULE 3PERIODS, TIME, SUBSTITUTIONS GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOOTBALL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION 2012 SEASON